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Two Polaroids P1 and P2 are placed with their axis perpendicular to each other. Unpolarized light with intensity I0  is incident on P1. A third Polaroid P3 is kept in between P1 and P2 such that its axis makes an angle 45o with that of P1. The intensity of transmitted light through P2 is

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Values for Brewster's angle can be
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A ray of light is incident on the surface of a glass plate at an angle of incidence equal to Brewster's angle ϕ. If μ represents the refractive index of glass with respect to air, then the angle between reflected and refracted rays is
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Two polaroids A and B are kept in crossed position. How should a third polaroid C be placed between them so that the intensity of polarised light transmitted by polaroid B reduces to 18th of the intensity of unpolarised light incident on A?